The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-25 00:00:00

1 1 0 1 , MAILS. Altv f. D Gottt.tiburgh. 3 Dublin, Widerforrl. - t 'Cuttenburi.:tv, t Malta, I Waterford,: THE SUN. 501.7.1/1 guts Dtcr.at IALSULI /....11)ZAT ? LONDON, NtONDAY, JANUARY 1808. Tn& intelligence which reached as on Saturday, of in Embargo having been laid upon all . British Ves sels in the P. of America, appears to have been correct. The Lady Arabella Packet is arrived at r alinouth, with Mails, from New York. The following are Zxtra6tsfrom her Journal :-- a Monday, 18th December, at to A.M. re- ceived a Pilot on board, and slipt from the wharf : at • one P. M. was brought, to by one .of the Gun-Boats, and ordered to anchor, on account of the Embargo, until further orders. '7 had per Mission to proceed to sea. , " Thursday, Jan. 14, in lat. 47.41. long. N 3 .2. at eleven was boarded by His . Majesty's, Ships Agin court and Iholwich, with eight Ships under convoy 'from St. Helena : lost sight of them on the 16th, in 10. 48,64. long. 16. 30." This morning four Gouenburgh Mails Inivee but the intelligence 'which they contain has been in genet•al anticipated by i tho French 'find Dutch. Papers. The KiDg . of SWEDEN has, it is positively stated, rejeeted tho propositions 'made to him by litioNA. tARTI3, for breakinz off all conoexion with *this Country: • 'We mentioned, on Saturday, a report that a French. Fleet had put to sea, and the report ap,pears to have been well founded, for in the course of the afternoon, intelligence reached the. Admiralty that ,• • the Squadron which has been so long blockaded in the Port of kochefort had. put to sea in a heavy gale of wind, at East, on the night of the t7th, and escaped, our Cruizers. In consequence of this in formation, ()piers were. sent off to Portsmouth .and Plymouth, for the Ships of War at those Ports to put to sea with, all possible expedition, for the puri pose of reinforcing the Fleet blockading Brest. We are,happy•to state that a Squadron, under the command of Sir JOHN DIJCii.WORTH, was immedi ately dispaniited atter the Enemy. ,The Itoebefdrt Squadton consisted of six Sail of the Line, one of which is of 40 .guns : Sir JOHN DucrvonTu!s , force ,is one Ship of 100, two of 68, one 80, and one of 74 guns ; so that if be should, have the good fortune to overtake . them, there can be little• doubt of the 'result of the contest. The Eurydice Frigate, w ic h was Watching the Itoc I e fort Squadron, was nearly captured by the Enemy ; and from the direaion in which they sailed, it was ' thought that Sir JOHN could not be above tt or 15 leagues behind them. As they put to ' Sea in a strong Eilsterly wind, the West Indies' aryl probably the_Obica of their destination. • BY the last Mail from the Leeward Islands ad- Vices have been received of a very desperate naion having'been nought to windward of Bartadoes, be tween his Majesty's Brig Curig . lir; of 18 guns, coin mandel, byCapt. SHIRHEFF, and a large French Ship Privateer, of f.oi guns nod 250 Ineu, The a6lion lasted lOut hours, and was most sevet,ely contested on both sides. Captain Surartevi; being unforitt— innately killed, and twenty-two of his men, nearly th'rd of his crew, either killed or wounded, and the. Cariertr much disabled in; her rigging, the Priva . teer ruachl, her escape. She was formerly a Letter of Marque belonging to Liverpool. The Craieux re-• turned to Barbadoes after the anion to refit. In Cal tain Suriter,Fy the service has been de.: /wind of a most excellent and valuable Offieer,and Ids family and friends have to mourn the loss of a truly good young man, As an oflicer, he wa s 'highly scientific, and most thoroughly acquainted. +with every' duty of a Seaman aid a Cummander.-. AS a Midshipman hi the Chatham Tender, commanded hy ,I,;ientenan t, now Capt. BROUGHTON, • 1) accompanied Capt. VANCouvua in Ids voyage of discovery round the globe, and was upon his return .promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, in which capacity he served for some years in the Valet Indira and afterwards commanded the Archer Gun Brig, for two or three years, off Boulogne, in which ser';ice he, upon several occasions displayed equ al spirit and intelligence. From the observations which 'he had made in hia frequent visits to the very por,th of that harbour, he had formed - a plan for 'burning the Flotilla there ; and .it was a part of it, that he himself should lead in the, Eire-ships and Rafts to be employed on that dangerous but feasible euterprize, UPou Lord MELvit,Late being unexpeole4 rtiven, by party rancour and persecution, from the ()l i ke of L. i f , t Lord ()I Admiral ty, be did nut for ip:tto rcoolurrv, nd the merit; of Capt. SIMMENT his truly respalable succNsor, and Lord liAatt..,l was pleased, soon air, r hii entrance into office, to prOmote Lieutenant SIMIREFF to the command of the Curieux.' That Ship sailed for the West Indies last Spring, with a Convoy, and has ever since been an active Cruizer in those Seas. 'Captain SHIIIREFF'S prospeets were of the most flattering kind, as his merits as an Officer had not escaped the observation of the CoMmander in' Chief in that quarter; but these it has pleased pi vine Providence to extinguish by a glorious death in the cause of his County. He has left a widow and infant Son, to lament their deprivation of their best friend and natural protector. YESTERDAY Paris Papers to the 20th inst. reached Town. BUONAPARTE has issued another Decree respeaing Neutrals, - which, if carried strictly into execution, must completely put an end to all Neu tral Trade with France, for a' reward of no less than .one-third of the Ship and Cargo are to be given to any of the CreW or Passengers on board a Vessel who shall give information-of it's having touched at an English Port; &C. i.and any French Officer con vi6led of favouring the contravention of the Decrees of the 22 d November, and the 17th December last, shall be punished as if guilty of High Treason.—' With such a Regialation in force, no Neutral Vessel can venture into a French Port, because, with such a teMptation, there must always be Informations; and when once an Information is given, a French Officer, with the penalties of High Treason hanging over hiti head, will, of course, condemn without hesitation. The King cf Spain has been forced to issue a Decree similar. to that of BUONAPARTE'S of December last, for putting .Great Britain into a State of Blockade. . . , . The German Pipers contain some curious specu latioils respelling the intended attack upon our East Indian POSSCIISiGtiS, which t hey represent as' perfectly praaicahle,: "they state that a French- , Amy can reach Astracan in sir weeks, supposing it to set out from Dalthatis : at Astracan it is to meet 'a Russian Ariny, and. they are together to cross the Caspian . 'Sea to Astrabad, in Persia, which will take them about ten or twelve days. They are then to. march through Persia for the Indies, and this march, it is . said, they will perform in seven or eight weeks !. The distance betw;tett Astrabad and Calcutta is near 3301) miles. We have also received Dutch Papers of the 20th : they contain accounts from Lisbon of a Igo date, which do not confirm the reports which reached us some time ago. •of serious InsurreClions having taken place in .Liston, 'hut they state that General Jutgor has issued some Decrees, which indi cate streng apprehensions on . his. part of the divposi. 'ions of the Inhabitants. They are forbid to carry tire-arms under pain of death. Au Order has also been issued for confiscating all the British Property remaining, in Portugal. The Gazette of Saturday contains loyal and pa tiiotie Addresses from the Cities of Edintkurgh and glasgow, and the united towns of. Glasz l ow and ,Newark, assuring ilis Mai VISTY o 1 their detewaioed support in the ,preaent arduous straggle, .and ap 'plautling the vigour of the measures lately Eidopte4 in the prosecution;of tho war. On Saturday the 'ROYAL FAMILY left town for Windsor. • Yesterday tha Princess Sopnix of GLOUCESTbit took an airing h the Queen's Garden. f . The following is the Order of Procession of Lord TaAvALGAR's Funcr.d;:n St. Paul's Cathedral, which took place tins day : st. A 111411 on ham:tuck. carrying a crimson velvet Cushion, with the V)stotnit's ecrunoi, iatenuett by a Groom on euch title leading che I intoc, with tuu( Conduaors, two be. f rdand.twu bchihd. • , . ad. 'rho liody % with tit,: hearse ornwn fly tit;c . nor.ies ; black feathers oit . the hearse and Itorties, whit tcn'Aitendatatt. • 3cf. Mownitig coach with tor lo:rws and twc, ttmiant, the coach c::rqing Mc. NrchduitconNotinK (uncle to the it:ceased), Alcx: , .l-1..r Davison, Esq. William 11. 1 . siewoud, Fay, Rev. Dr. Oucrotn. • 4th. &kiwi ut; coach with tour horses (w ith two Page s at te.odant) c.irry %1 ., hervauts of the etmaSed. gth. Earl Nelson's t harlot. 6tl). r. I)avis;3l l carnage. 'L'hc Bishop of CLAsier p;.:cfcgnied the service And Cere. minty. The P,roce , fsino proceeded from - Conduit-street down Swallow-street, into Piccadilly, clown the Haymarket, thronillk t h e Strand and Vleet-street, to St. Paul's Cathedral. On Sainrday, a Meeting of the Roard of Trade took place at the Office in Whitehall, which was attended by F.:11 - 1 H iiuui•r, the ,President ; Mr: Rose, the Vice-Presidcm, and several others. On Soffit-I.ly a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign 04ice. it met at two, and continued de liberating. bind a quarter alter tour o'clock. The bake of l'otiTi.sNn„ Earls CANtnat4 and VVI4ST MORELAND Lords ilnwx.gaiuk.Y„ MULGRAVE and BATIWIttiT ; Mr.. CANINING,' the CuANcELLott of the .E4cnectuelt Were present. This forenoon one of the Battalion's of the London Militia triarclied.ovet Blackfriars . Bridge , to Green wich and Woolwich, to relieve the other Battalion, which are returned on the London station. yesterd morning, soon lifter tots o'doek, Ells NW ESTI( ) PlincesiesAvotisrA 1 .‘149,4 V, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, attended by Idady I. THYNNE, Sir•H, B. NEALE, Generals MA NNINGIIAM anU Ft-rzany, at tended Di‘ int; Service.- at St. Georg4's Chapel, Wi w i_ gar, and beard a Sermon by the Rev., Dr. littATtr. Upon this , ;ceasion the Iley. Mr. Dioay.read bin). stain as or.o. of the Canon'i, to which be has lately been appointed in (be ruont ui the la to Dr. L'ocro l4 , s.. GOTTEIVIIEIRGI7 42114. AUGSBURGII, JAN. Lettdr written by ti , German traveller, who is, in Sicily, gives us a very circurnstantialaccount of that Isle. There is in the Port of Messina an E t riglish Ship of the Line, some Frigates or Corvettes, and a certain ntimber ofartaa' Shallops.TheY have established, along the coast front Messina to Augustaand Syracuse, entrenchments and redoubts, in order to,oppose a descent ; but they are badly supplied with artillery', and would not pro bably make a great resistance in case 'of an attack. The possibility of disembarking is the subjeft of every conversation in Sicily, There is not besides in the Island any force capable• of opposing, much resistance. The English Troops . , and the r4mains of the German and Swiss Legions, do not 4iount ,to more than three thousand men, and tho Army of King FEttnatAND, commanded by the Prince of HESSE ,PIIILIP6THAL, 'llia is neither disgraced nor gone to America, as has been said, does not exceed . 5000 mon,lncluding the new recruits. King FBA DIWAND and his CoUrt live in.a very retired manner at Palerino. - The English still occupy the fort of Scylla, upon the Calabrian coast. This fort, situated on a very steep rock, has become inaccessible on le land side, since the. English . entirely destroyed the avenues which led to it from the Continent.--- They have contrived on the,sea-slde a very narrow stairs. The Oarrison of this Von is composed of but 24Q men, who get their subsistence and even water from Messina. The Sicilians have still much traffic with England, Malta,, and Trieste. :!The English have at the Isle., of Capri a small . light Fleet, for the purpose of hindering MeifthantVes sets from entering the Port of Naplek; but. they can easily escape them by navigating along the, coasts, which the English dare not approach. Thee is still hi flip Road of Trieste a Russian Frigate, and we do not think she will soon put to sea. The E.nglish have no .force before this Part; but two of their Vessels are Always cruizing off Fiume to observe what passes in that quarter. Bettrat , i, J. 7.—the Gazette of.th4..- City con tains an article from Lubec, as follows " The French Courier, charged, witit,tte Ulti matum of his Government to that of Sweden,-has been. detained 'at Stralsund by, contrary winds. They say that he carried Propositions relative to England, Which PropOsitions were not accepted. From this moment all negotiation is interrupted. Already all correspondence has been prohibited with Sweden." STUTO A R JAN. ‘i 3.—We continue to receive very contradklory accounts from Tdrkey. AcCord- lug to some reports, the Russians 'and Turks have assumed .a very . menacing posture with respect. to each other, while the Servians . continue the war.— According to other accounts, an accommodation is very near butween these two Powers, through the mediation of France. • 4 i , Y(. l • All the Bavarian troops of the corp:‘,..; of Genefals DUroy and "iiVretle, are to return to their ordinary garrisons. Every where they. were 1 1 .cCived with the greatest cordiality, and most-lhrery pleasure, • At ut Gunshurgh, antt in nil the to‘,ras 'of the province of Bavaria, they gave cutertninttente in !Aotiout of them. CQKSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 30.—0 n the fled of this month arrived in this capital M. SARELL. one of the , English Negotiators who left Constantinople with the Ambassador, Mr. AtorUrtiNOT. Hts ruts tht hazard of passing our Caulas and Fleets in a'BOat, to seek his wife. That Porto was :informed of his arrival, and as he was.one of those Who proenred recruits to.be sent to Matti for the Eugl'oll. wrvice, lie wquld not have escaped, if his Exceileacy- Gen. S,E a ASTIANI, with that gentrosit'y iMd htumuity wltlen distinguishes characterizes which chara4terize the nation which he represents, had not interfered' in his favour, and had not got him out of the hands of the Turks. 111. mbaciadeur furnished M. AEU. with the meant* of gatting away, and pointed out to him a safe route. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 'demolition of the Fortification's of the Maritime town of Gottenburgh has caused much noise in our Journals. It was never theless the execution of a resolution taken a long time bad( by Government, and which has nothing to do with existing circumstances. The fortifica tions of Gottenburgh were too old and too much extended to defend it beyond eight days, and could be of Ilg utility in a period when the military science is carried to such a high degree of perfeetion. razing the fortifications we have net touched upon the Crown or Lion Batteries, - both of which com mand the town, nor the strong citadel of Ny. Elsburgh situated at half a league from the town Upon two rocks in the middle of the River Gotha, the entrance of which it defends ; on the cou- • trary, they work incessantly to fortify still more tliii formidable castle. They are likewise occupied 4 1 demolishing the fortitiqtpons of Illainitre, but the Citar!el will remain as it.i'3 A and perhaps wid b e ex , tended. The town will be incrca;ed With six new sqnares, in the middle of - which there will be a - public plan*; named Gustavus Adolpous's Place. Zhe Swedish Army consists at present of 45 ) 000 Infantry, 8000 Cavalry, and 3,700 Artillery ; in all 5 5 ,700 Men, without 'reckoning Officers and others employed. STOCKHOLM, JAN: Royal Majesty pro ceeded, on the 98th of last month, in the best state of health, to Gripaholm, whither he was follo%:ed by the Queen and the rest,of the Royal Family on the sth inst. VIENNA, DEC. 12.—According to the last ofif• civil accounts from Constantinople, an insurreolion took place in that Capital about the end of Novem ber, but was quelled soon after. This iniurreaion is said to have been occasioned by the extreme (Lards and scarcity of provisions, arising from the blockade of the Dardanelles by the English, the kn.. portation from the Black'Sea riot being sufficieni for the population oft at large metropolis FMANKFOILT, Dac. 2D.--They writ e from Aus tria that several Corps of Troops have been ordered to march to the Turkish Frontiers. FllO,ll THE PRElyCli PAPERS. PARIS, JAN. followintlmperial Decree,. additional to theDetrees containing measures againsC tho maritime system•of England, has init anearel in the Bulletin of Laws, 'COMMERCIAL DECI44E. 4t Me Palace of the Thuilleries, Jan, 11, 1 805% NAPOLEON, Ex. upon the Report of our Minister of Finance, Seeing our Decree 3 of the 23d at Nor. and the 17th of Dec. tan?, with the concurrence of our Council of State, wu have decreed, and do de cree as follows - Article t. When a Vessel shall enter into a FrOnCh port, or in that of a country occupied by our armies., any man of the crew, or passenger, who shall tte cla;e to the .Principal of the Custom House, that the said Vessel came ,from England tor her Colonies, oil countries ocCupied by English troops, or that the Vessel hai been visited by any English Ship, shalt receive a third part of the net prOdnce .of the sale of the Ship and cargo, if it is proved that his decla , ration is mita. . • 2 . Ttie Principal of the Castom-house, who shall , receive the declaratibn mentioned in the preceding article, shall, in conjualion with the Commissary of the Police, who shall be called on for that pur pose, and the two Principal Officers of the Custom' house, cause each of the crew and passengers to undergo the separate interrogatory prescritied by the 2d article of our Decree of the 444 Novcroberi Ism 3, Any Funaioßary or Agentof Government, wha shall be accused et:having favoured the contravention of our Decrees of the 23d of November and 17th of December, 1807, shall be prosecuted in the Crimi. nal Court of the Department of the Seihe, which shall be formed into a separate tributtal for that pars pose, and, if convieted, punished as, if guilty of high treason. .Our Ministers, in their respeatiye deport,. ments, are charged with the execution of the pre- , sent Decree: • (Sigovd) .NAppr i px. SPANISH InCLARATION. iuti.tesi te4:le f y oll assurance of peace, MAllikiD, JAN. S.—His Majesty on the 3d or thitt month. issued the following Decree :—" The ahem. nainabla attack committed by Ettglish:Ships of. \Vat when four Frigates of the itoyal Fleet, while sailing nd the express order of that Goveroment, were unjustly set' prised, attacked, and compelled to o stFrencier, (Jew b mined me to break all conneclion with the British. cabinet, and to consider •myselt as at war with a nation which had so iniquitousirvielated the- lam nations and of humanity. So atrociousan aggresaian was, a sufficient motive tor breaking all tire heeds which mite one nation to another, even thot-411 Jt had not considered what I owe to myself, to.stile, honour and glory of my C rown? an d to • my . b e l ot ;e - a subjects. -Two years of war are elapsed, Itt idC.4rOt Britain has not Modera te d her pride, nor ionm,„ccd • the unjust , domination which she exereis o , .er seas ; but, on the contrary, c)ntoundieg Ot ell(' Enemies and Neutrals, site has manifested tlic teal intention of treating them all with. thy' tyranny.' From these considerations, I detz..rxitted , in rebruary last year, in to the Wile?. !lc"' cures adopted by my intimate •Any, t h e Empetor of the Feeecit and Kin g . of ITALY, to deClare ! f „ 4s : have deelared,. the Briti s h f i l es i n a state 0 1 u4 " -- ade, in order to see whether that measure would re duce the British Cabinet to abdicate its: unjust art prewacy over the seas, and to , coriclude a Seird.va" durable peace. Far trOiii th•lt, the English Gav e ! l ) . ; men( has nqt only rejected p;op9sition ~ li't're made on the part at my u i t i ni f it t i - rOr of • 1.:;11pc l?rance and King of Ital x , whert • ull. redly, •or by themeat:then of dtiferent rot,' friendly to E ng l. : tee, but has also committed . I"'" mast enormous atrocities and piracies : by its cr,,,):s dalaus attack on th e c i ty .anti arbour of Coeei's , i; gen, it has thrown ot f t he mask,.- and no, Par s " any longei doubt that-its ihsatiable ambition aseo,‘") • tethe exclusi ve c o mmerce arid naiigatien of la:. seas. Nothiog call prove tle, more etidently o' l . ll ' the , measures - w hi c h that Govounuelit has ..Pi ; , adopted by its Orde rs o f t h e t 4t h of November las/. by which it not only declares t4,c.: coasts of France,i - Spain, and their Allies,'"anll all 'deist: . occupied bid d the armies of either Power, but has even subjetW.,, 1 the Ships of N e utr a l P owers , t h e f r i en d s and even the Allies of England, to the visits of 14nglial crU zers, and to be forcibly carried into an English P r . ; * where they are to be o bli ge d to pay a tax f%e tea" • cargoes, the quantity- o f w hi c h i s to be deken . by the English L.egislature authorised 14 ° P-11 • right of reprisal, t o ta k e t h e 'measures which Arai appear to me proper to revent the ahuse. which ar e • British Cabinet makes of its power with ieblw tO Neutral Flags, an d to see whether we crtlnot force it to renounce so unjust a tyranny, I ba w a it solved to adop t , an d h ere by requite that there s il be adopted, through all my byStates the same mea sure ' which have beou takes my ivairiatP•Aliy the